Video Everywhere More Engaging With Questions

Thanks to YouTube's Video Questions Beta Editor you can make Bb's Video Everywhere even more engaging by adding questions to aid in student understanding. It only makes sense for Google (who owns YouTube) to add a question module for teachers that want to help students check for understanding while watching one of their class videos. Right now, the program is in beta, but anyone can sign up for

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Little Things You Can Do To Help Others

Part of my job as an educator is to share information and to help shape the lives of those I have the opportunity to interact with. While this is usually in the area of business and technology topics, I also take a little time to encourage my students to help others when possible and how ever possible. Below is a few ways that each of us can help those in need, while possibly reducing clutter in

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Blackboard Learn Testing Notes

Test Results and Feedback Options
A setting  within LEARN allows instructors to decide whether to allow a student to take a test after the due date has passed. If students are not allowed to take a test after the due date has passed, they will receive a message telling them the test cannot be completed because the due date has passed.When the instructor allow late submissions, they

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It takes A Lot Of Work For A Women To Be Successful

The Conference For Women by SkillsPath Seminars reminded me just how much harder women have to work in the professional world to be respected and promoted. It is possible to succeed just as these unstoppable women did.


Sally Priesand, American Rabbi
VA Rometty - female CEO of IBM
Wilma Mankiller - female chief of Cherokee Nation
Mary Kay Ash- Founder Mary Kay Cosmetics
Lucille Ball - female

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#Blackboard Learn Gifts..Little or No Assembly Required

Blackboard Inc (Bb), recently released an update for the trinity Software Updates, Cloud Profiles, and Social Profiles & Tools. So what is the big deal with this update? It will provide the much client desired updates for privacy, opt-in, and institutional policy options. There is even away to stop some campus-wide courses\organizations from appearing in the users people (learning network)  area.

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Schedule Tech Free Time, To Keep Balance

For the last two days, I did the inexplicable.  I only checked & responded to critical email and was on the computer for less than two hours each day. Yesterday, was solely for a Blackboard Webinar.  I was able to do this only because both of the institutions I work for were closed due to the weather.

I should probably share at this point that I consider myself an addict (likely in the clinical

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Educators Can Get Rewarded For What They Do!

SoftChalk is a Blackboard partner, but you don't have to a Blackboard institution to submit the 2014 SoftChalk Lesson Challenge. If you are a SoftChalk client, you have no doubt created some incredible content to engage your students. So take the time to so the off your best and most creative lessons for recognition and a chance to become one of three prize winners. For the past 5 years the

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